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steve stirling -- gene sperling -- gene steuerle, he's not on written about he has lived up to nearly three decades ago jim was one of the godfather's of what became the tax reform act of 1986. one of the key moment in history of the income tax. gene pools of richard b. fisher chair at the urban institute. eric toder has been intimately involved in the income tax both treasury and the irs. is currently at urban institute fellow and codirector of the urban brookings tax policy center. and, finally, nina olson is taxpayer advocate at the irs, represents those of us who pay taxes, and those of us who must battle against the growing complexity of the modern revenue code. is a week or so ago than once office released its latest report on the status of the tax code, describes in great candor the flaws in the current system and describes some things we can do about it. let's start with joe who gives a brief history of the income tax. and before he starts let me let you know that after we do our presentation, speak among ourselves, will give everybody an opportunity to ask questions. for thos
steve stirling -- gene sperling -- gene steuerle, he's not on written about he has lived up to nearly three decades ago jim was one of the godfather's of what became the tax reform act of 1986. one of the key moment in history of the income tax. gene pools of richard b. fisher chair at the urban institute. eric toder has been intimately involved in the income tax both treasury and the irs. is currently at urban institute fellow and codirector of the urban brookings tax policy center. and,...
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then again from steve forbes, another good friend, was working on the european crisis at the time and was trying to make sense of certain aspects. cs -- he came out and said this is a must-read. now, my way of thinking he left out some southern european countries that might also get something out of it, but it's easy to let's see why f. why so many people need to know what bill doesn't have renewed their much to do with it in terms of doing it. now everyone knows that bill spends 53 years at. now, i have heard over 50, 55 today. so we're going to go with over 50. that is a considerable amount of time. when you think about that time frame and going back, he was a devout disciple of a late and great chairman and of citi. again, when you talk about bill and you talk about walter, you talk about icons in this field. now, every single treasury secretary would come to see walter. and there were problems in argentina. there were problems in uruguay, problems in peru, problems in brazil, problems in mexico, problems in jamaica, problems and panama, and then we go over here and there are probl
then again from steve forbes, another good friend, was working on the european crisis at the time and was trying to make sense of certain aspects. cs -- he came out and said this is a must-read. now, my way of thinking he left out some southern european countries that might also get something out of it, but it's easy to let's see why f. why so many people need to know what bill doesn't have renewed their much to do with it in terms of doing it. now everyone knows that bill spends 53 years at....
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>>steve: exactly right. this administration, we found out through a 15-page white paper that has been released -- nbc published it -- this administration and our government, rather than water board people, we kill them. the hypocrisy is amazing. when you take a look at how our president was talking a couple of years ago regarding enhanced interrogation techniques, in favor now of just killing them, it's stunning. watch. >> under my administration, the united states does not torture. my administration is going to operate in a way that leaves no doubt that we do not torture and that we abide by the geneva conventions. water boarding is torture. it's contrary to america's traditions. it's contrary to our ideals. that's not who we are. that's not how we operate. and anybody who actually read about and understands the practice of water boarding would say that that is torture. and that's not something we do. >>gretchen: it boils down to the fact that many people believed that one of the reasons this administration
>>steve: exactly right. this administration, we found out through a 15-page white paper that has been released -- nbc published it -- this administration and our government, rather than water board people, we kill them. the hypocrisy is amazing. when you take a look at how our president was talking a couple of years ago regarding enhanced interrogation techniques, in favor now of just killing them, it's stunning. watch. >> under my administration, the united states does not torture....
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you steve. it's. easy to. say. play. play pick up a. player. play play. play play. play. play play play. the behave. today i want to explore a country i have yet to talk about on the show ali you may have missed what's going on in the north african nation and the hype of the presidential inauguration in the super bowl but three weeks ago france initiated a military intervention seeking to eliminate terrorist threats in the country in the time since the french led operation has invoked tactics such as air strikes and mass arrests to bring down islamic militants all of course of the support of the u.s. military and while the short term strategy is playing out on the ground the u.n. african union and other world leaders met today to talk about how do achieve peace and stability in the long term but while their bombing for peace strategy really hold in a volatile nation already stricken with poverty and violence top of the game from inside i'm now joined by eugene puryear editorial board for liberation thank you so much for thank you so eugene i want to start off by playing d
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expected towards the end of the year old tabor thank you for joining us today to talk about britain's steve jones and of course all the answer questions that go along with that the u.s. and south korea are flexing their military muscles in the east china sea i made fears north korea is preparing for another nuclear test seoul said the drills are part of regular military training while pyongyang claims it's a plot to target human rights law and co-founder of the national campaign to end the korean war every concerns washington's making an already inflammatory situation that was. it's the worst thing you can do under these circumstances is to inflame volatile situation to conduct these military exercises that always inflame that use live ammunition up and down the border with north korea this is inflammatory on a lot of levels and we need to step back these naval exercises it's like a race to the bottom if you will when are we going to get more creative in the way that we resolve conflict in this world this conflict gives us such an opportunity with a new secretary of state new leader in sout
expected towards the end of the year old tabor thank you for joining us today to talk about britain's steve jones and of course all the answer questions that go along with that the u.s. and south korea are flexing their military muscles in the east china sea i made fears north korea is preparing for another nuclear test seoul said the drills are part of regular military training while pyongyang claims it's a plot to target human rights law and co-founder of the national campaign to end the...
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expected towards the end of the year and taber thank you for joining us today to talk about britain's steve jones and of course all the unanswered questions that go along with that the u.s. and south korea are flexing their military muscles in the east china sea and they'd fears north korea is preparing for another nuclear test so said the drills are part of regular military training while pyongyang claims it's a target human rights law and co-founder of the national campaign to end the korean war every exalting is as washington's making an already inflammatory situation. it's the worst thing you can do under these circumstances is to inflame volatile situation to conduct these military exercises that always inflame that use live ammunition up and down the border with with north korea this is inflammatory on a lot of levels and we need to step back from these naval exercises it's like a race to the bottom if you will when are we going to get more creative in the way that we resolve conflict in this world this conflict gives us such an opportunity with a new secretary of state new leader in
expected towards the end of the year and taber thank you for joining us today to talk about britain's steve jones and of course all the unanswered questions that go along with that the u.s. and south korea are flexing their military muscles in the east china sea and they'd fears north korea is preparing for another nuclear test so said the drills are part of regular military training while pyongyang claims it's a target human rights law and co-founder of the national campaign to end the korean...
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mitt romney's son tagg -- tagg. [ laughter ] >> steve: you're it. >> jimmy: he is denying reports that he will run for senate this year saying the timing isn't right. just like when his dad tries to clap along to a song. ♪ celebrate good times come on celebrate ♪ ♪ celebrate good times come on ♪ [ laughter ] >> jimmy: no one does that. >> steve: nobody does that in the world. >> jimmy: you guys, the state department announced that john kerry, the newly appointed secretary of state will sign all official state department tweets with his initials, j.k. [ laughter ] you can see the confusion here. >> steve: yeah. >> jimmy: because j.k. is also internet slang for just kidding. let's just take a look at a few of his tweets. you'll see what i mean. here's the first one, "i'm thrilled and honored to uphold the position of secretary of state, jk" [ laughter ] here's another one here. "just saw 'hansel and gretel.' loved it. j.k. j.k. that j.k. i really did love it. j.k." [ laughter ] i have no idea what he feels about that movie. here's the last one here. "when i sign my tweets with j.
mitt romney's son tagg -- tagg. [ laughter ] >> steve: you're it. >> jimmy: he is denying reports that he will run for senate this year saying the timing isn't right. just like when his dad tries to clap along to a song. ♪ celebrate good times come on celebrate ♪ ♪ celebrate good times come on ♪ [ laughter ] >> jimmy: no one does that. >> steve: nobody does that in the world. >> jimmy: you guys, the state department announced that john kerry, the newly...
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steve over to you first, 30 seconds on the clock. what's your dollar trade tomorrow? >> we're watching the euro dollar. we think that's the most important thing. the equity markets the tail. we're being wagged around. all about central banks as jim was referring to you earlier on the show. we really think that right now the u.s. is the only central bank towards hinting at ending their quantitative easing so we think if the euro dollar breaks 133 we could see finally a selloff that holds in the u.s. >> thank you so much. mike, you're up, your case on why you think china is worth watching. >> with china's economic growth seemingly back on track and because the markets are closed all of next week for the newyear's holiday, we'll watch again tonight when they release their cpi data. this month it's expected around 2%. if they come in above expectations again, we'll watch very closely to see what the people's bank of china has to say about things like lending curves. obviously this is something that has the ability to impact market movement in the morning. >> all right. we
steve over to you first, 30 seconds on the clock. what's your dollar trade tomorrow? >> we're watching the euro dollar. we think that's the most important thing. the equity markets the tail. we're being wagged around. all about central banks as jim was referring to you earlier on the show. we really think that right now the u.s. is the only central bank towards hinting at ending their quantitative easing so we think if the euro dollar breaks 133 we could see finally a selloff that holds...
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. >> steve, what is the holdup? >> ♪ >> climbed a mountain and i turned around. ♪ well i've been afraid -- >> this budweiser commercial featuring a clydesdale and his former owner won the ad meter title. we want to know which ones you like. go to our facebook page. "news4 today" and post yours. >>> that was one of my favorites. i love the god made a former one and the tribute to jeep. >> it was not that doritos commercial and the goat one. the guy who wants to sell his goat. hilarious. >>> 4:51 is our team. we turn to meteorologist tom kierein to get a look at this, more snowy guess. >> we keep getting these little snow thingies that come on through. >> meteorological term, thingies. >> not much. but enough to coat the ground. between now and then, we've got a partly cloudy sky. there's the washington monument. 28 at reagan national. we've got a calm wind. it was blustery just about the last couple of hours. but the wind has settled down a little bit. the windchill is down as well. as we have the winds blustery
. >> steve, what is the holdup? >> ♪ >> climbed a mountain and i turned around. ♪ well i've been afraid -- >> this budweiser commercial featuring a clydesdale and his former owner won the ad meter title. we want to know which ones you like. go to our facebook page. "news4 today" and post yours. >>> that was one of my favorites. i love the god made a former one and the tribute to jeep. >> it was not that doritos commercial and the goat one....
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steve and terry weaver say they could not believe the first win, let alone the second. the husband said he was initially scared to claim the winnings because he thought lottery officials would make him take a lie detector test. they plan to invest their wings winnings. >> what a day for dow. a bounce back from a big surge in u.s. home prices. they're increasing sides
steve and terry weaver say they could not believe the first win, let alone the second. the husband said he was initially scared to claim the winnings because he thought lottery officials would make him take a lie detector test. they plan to invest their wings winnings. >> what a day for dow. a bounce back from a big surge in u.s. home prices. they're increasing sides
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this is steve, buffalo, democratic line. good morning. caller: this is a subject that has to do with the entire context in which you are talking about this occurring. it is in itself a capitalist system where the economy has become completely self referential. anything outside of it is not even considered. nature has become external. it has skewed man's view of a physical reality, meaning that you subject that cannot work infinitely of a finite planet with finite resources, especially water. in terms of employment, the capitalistic world is creating systems that do not need people. this is one of the major things that are never talked about. you have massive population growth of companies that will literally eliminate people. they continually talk as if they are job creators, but they are not job creators, they are wealth creators. the job is just a means to an end. host: judith conti? guest: you make a lot of interesting points. particularly when you talk about the system being skewed, it is already skewed to the hardly employed. we have
this is steve, buffalo, democratic line. good morning. caller: this is a subject that has to do with the entire context in which you are talking about this occurring. it is in itself a capitalist system where the economy has become completely self referential. anything outside of it is not even considered. nature has become external. it has skewed man's view of a physical reality, meaning that you subject that cannot work infinitely of a finite planet with finite resources, especially water. in...
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>> steve, what is the holdup? >> but one add called goat for sale seems to be the favorite of the crowd. ♪ >> tomorrow, we'll learn who won the contest. earlier i spoke with the codirectors of goat for sale and the star moose, the goat. here we are with steve colby and ben callner. and, of course, moose the goat. steve, you were the goat whisperer. this is your goat, right. >> it is my goat. >> you made this commercial for doritos. tell us about this commercial. >> it was a fun experience. ben and i i were eating lunch one day and i said ben, it's really funny how my goat it's chips. it's just funny. we were sitting there eating lunch and benny decided we would start looking up goats. i owned moose for a year now. we say this is funny. i mean, it's just funny. they're screaming and you look up goats and they're crunching. >> he's cute and adorable but he is a killer goat in this commercial. >> he is. >> how did you get this goat to be so ominous. >> that was ben's direction i think more than anything. >> your go
>> steve, what is the holdup? >> but one add called goat for sale seems to be the favorite of the crowd. ♪ >> tomorrow, we'll learn who won the contest. earlier i spoke with the codirectors of goat for sale and the star moose, the goat. here we are with steve colby and ben callner. and, of course, moose the goat. steve, you were the goat whisperer. this is your goat, right. >> it is my goat. >> you made this commercial for doritos. tell us about this commercial....
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ravens owner steve bisciotti made an interesting analogy. he compared to what new york's eli manning went through in the courting of the 2011 season. here we are now, as bisciotti opines that they stay true. he mentioned one of flacco's biggest is on the field. pro football's greatest stage, super bowl xlvii. >>> joe proved that you can win, being like joe. and we're thrilled because we never thought we needed to change the way joe was, like some of you all or some of our fans and -- and now, he gets to say, i told you so. >> ravens' management continues his off season discussions this weekend. charged with signing joe to a long-term contract. free agency starts march 12th. >>> coming up at 6:00. are you ready for some baseball? o's report to spring training next week. we'll hear from manager buck showalter on eyewitness news at 6:00. mary? >> okay, stan. thank you. >>> still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. >>> a rush of ravens fans at m&t bank stadium, for a super bowl celebration, leads to an 11-year-old boy being trampled. i'm m
ravens owner steve bisciotti made an interesting analogy. he compared to what new york's eli manning went through in the courting of the 2011 season. here we are now, as bisciotti opines that they stay true. he mentioned one of flacco's biggest is on the field. pro football's greatest stage, super bowl xlvii. >>> joe proved that you can win, being like joe. and we're thrilled because we never thought we needed to change the way joe was, like some of you all or some of our fans and --...
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next is steve from kansas on the line for republicans. the nfl and the federal government, should there be more regulations? caller: i am not sure there should be more regulations. the game itself is a violent sport. i played it. the companies that manufacture helmets, pads, and this and that to make the game a safer sport, you know, they are making their money. what the point is, all of the companies that are making the bunny -- i played at colorado state. i knew all of the money was coming in every time we went to a ballgame and all of the tv companies are coming and the. they did not give a shit -- host: i will stop you there. thank you for sharing the experience up until these swearword. we apologize for that. is your saying "it is not the government's role." we normally do not talk about sports on this program, but we are asking about the public policy side of all of this. the president weighing in on an interview with "the new republican"saying he would have to give serious thought if he had a son whether or not he would want his so
next is steve from kansas on the line for republicans. the nfl and the federal government, should there be more regulations? caller: i am not sure there should be more regulations. the game itself is a violent sport. i played it. the companies that manufacture helmets, pads, and this and that to make the game a safer sport, you know, they are making their money. what the point is, all of the companies that are making the bunny -- i played at colorado state. i knew all of the money was coming in...
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so this brings me back to you, steve. mercedes top of the line. looking at the top of the line now with a wonderful personality. you put out an ad that is digits different than the ad we thought we would see. >> you have got to bring your a game if you are in the super bowl, you have got step up to bigger production. for us, sort of adding some star power. we are going to be introducing new star with the cla. aimed at a younger generation with kate and usher and william that was us bringing our a game. >> that's an example of that. now, mercedes has had a great year. in a time in which many americans are tightening their belts. mercedes seems luxury, how do you explain that? >> i think confidence is coming back. the stock market just kind of hit 14,000. we have housing coming back. we had a record year last year. we are off to a record start in january. so, we're seeing some confidence come back into the market and people are expressing that with their wallets. >> absolutely. now, kate, what about for you? what would it mean for you to be on the c
so this brings me back to you, steve. mercedes top of the line. looking at the top of the line now with a wonderful personality. you put out an ad that is digits different than the ad we thought we would see. >> you have got to bring your a game if you are in the super bowl, you have got step up to bigger production. for us, sort of adding some star power. we are going to be introducing new star with the cla. aimed at a younger generation with kate and usher and william that was us...
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there is a bill in the legislature that is by representative steve toft. we're supporting the bill that would put education regional service centers and the on line curriculum under the elected state board of education. >> shannon: any idea when that will get to a vote? >> it has only been introduced. it hasn't even been sent to committee yet. we're only in session 140 days every other year, so things will be fast and furious. we'll be pushing to get this legislation through. >> shannon: all right. we will be tracking it and keeping an o eye on it. peggy venable. thanks for keeping us updated. >>> new warnings from the congressional budget office on what we can expect from our economy over the years, and it's not good. we're going to break down the numbers. >>> breaking news on an american olympian and american skiing icon, lindsey vonn badly injured in a world cup race earlier today. trace is ahead with the details. >>> plus, a puzzling message from north korea, releasing an official video showing what appears to be a u.s. city under attack. note the unus
there is a bill in the legislature that is by representative steve toft. we're supporting the bill that would put education regional service centers and the on line curriculum under the elected state board of education. >> shannon: any idea when that will get to a vote? >> it has only been introduced. it hasn't even been sent to committee yet. we're only in session 140 days every other year, so things will be fast and furious. we'll be pushing to get this legislation through....
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i think there's a great little passage in water isaacson's biography of steve jobs and president obama's speech on undocumented immigration and what he's able to get on that front. remember that slice of the population that is foreign born, you know, a decent number of them are part of the electorate now and are engaged and this comes down to recognition and respect. there was bipartisan legislation done at the start of visa and things like that and i think you're right, a piecemeal approach would be sane but from the perspective of the lobbyists, it makes sense that well let's attack this all at once because if you have attached the attractive piece of legislation to less attractive piece of legislation -- considering with the affordable care act, if you saw just the coverage expanding provisions in one law, it wouldn't look improving. if only have the revenue provisions of the affordable care act, it looks like a massive tax increase. combine them into one single piece of legislation, it's attractive. i think it's the same dynamic and i think that's why we should encourage a more piece
i think there's a great little passage in water isaacson's biography of steve jobs and president obama's speech on undocumented immigration and what he's able to get on that front. remember that slice of the population that is foreign born, you know, a decent number of them are part of the electorate now and are engaged and this comes down to recognition and respect. there was bipartisan legislation done at the start of visa and things like that and i think you're right, a piecemeal approach...
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authorities say steve robins was recaptured late last night about 60 miles outside of chicago. he had been on the run for three days. authorities say he was mistakenly released after a court appearance on a drug charge. he had been servinga a 60 year sentence for murder. >> as you know crews have been in new orleans all weekend. if you have been there we want to give you a look at where everything is happening. here you can the super dome and over to the northeast the famous french quarter and bourbon street is. go another four and a half miles and this is that lower 9th ward. we want you to look at that. it's a very different reality there. that of course is the area that was devastated by hurricane katrina back in 2005 and remember these pictures? they are still just -- really difficult to see but giving us the idea of why that area is still struggling to recover. the numbers from that disaster still hard to understand, more than 30 bodies found, thousands left homeless, 300,000 homes destroyed with damage estimates ranging from 96 to $125 billion. now that may make the econo
authorities say steve robins was recaptured late last night about 60 miles outside of chicago. he had been on the run for three days. authorities say he was mistakenly released after a court appearance on a drug charge. he had been servinga a 60 year sentence for murder. >> as you know crews have been in new orleans all weekend. if you have been there we want to give you a look at where everything is happening. here you can the super dome and over to the northeast the famous french...
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first steve weber hit it big on $1 million scratchoff and his wife then had $50,000 the next day. >> he feared a lot of lottery officials wouldn't believe him. >> my heart started going 100 miles an hour and we, you know, we kept looking back and forth, looking for something wrong. i thought we'd go into a room and get a lie detector test and have to put our hand on a bible. >> they're saving the money for retirement. >>> he's the first iranian president to visit egypt in 30 years but mahmoud ahmadinejad is not getting a warm reception. some protesters, well, yep, threw a shoe at him and if you're flying into atlanta, expect some delays, this was the scene early this morning. it's like pea soup out there. that's hartsfield-jackson airport. the fog so thick it kept planes from landing. meteorologist indra petersons joins us with more. >> good morning. the good news we're seeing that lift here. visibility less than a quarter of a mile. i want to get to the big story everyone is talking about, the potential for a nor easter to develop friday night in through saturday morning, all thanks
first steve weber hit it big on $1 million scratchoff and his wife then had $50,000 the next day. >> he feared a lot of lottery officials wouldn't believe him. >> my heart started going 100 miles an hour and we, you know, we kept looking back and forth, looking for something wrong. i thought we'd go into a room and get a lie detector test and have to put our hand on a bible. >> they're saving the money for retirement. >>> he's the first iranian president to visit...
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host: next up is steve from new jersey on our line for independents. he has a son who caller: is adopted -- he has a son who was adopted. caller: we adopted our son 17 years ago from canada. he is almost 18 years old, and i'm finding that the paperwork -- i'm finding the paperwork, and he is not considered -- he is illegal actually. the judge and everything died, and now we are trying to go through a lawyer to try to find something that we can do before he becomes 18 years old to make sure that everything is ok. do you have any answers for me? guest: i hope you will contact our organization after this call. up until the year 2000, our laws or not structured assets that make it that when a child was adopted by a u.s. citizen, there were confirmed as the citizenship of their parents. congress realize that in 2000 and passed the child citizenship act, but as you said, children who were not aware of that or did not benefit from it are still in this position of being here illegally. congress is aware of situations like your son's and helping to address it l
host: next up is steve from new jersey on our line for independents. he has a son who caller: is adopted -- he has a son who was adopted. caller: we adopted our son 17 years ago from canada. he is almost 18 years old, and i'm finding that the paperwork -- i'm finding the paperwork, and he is not considered -- he is illegal actually. the judge and everything died, and now we are trying to go through a lawyer to try to find something that we can do before he becomes 18 years old to make sure that...
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to steve israel who worked tirelessly to bring on 49 new outstanding members of this caucus. [cheers and applause] i am looking forward to spending time with all 49 of you. hopefully we'll see you at the white house and at various events but i know you came here to get something done. i look forward to working with you every single day to do what is right by the people who sent us here. i changed the format here. originally the way this is scheduled, i was going to talk and shake some hands and i thought since this is not a shy bunch. it might make sense for me to take some questions and advice, i'm sure you guys have for me. what i'm going to do is make a few points a the top and what i would like is maybe somebody can come up here and you can call on folks and we'll spend a little time with q&a before i have a chance to say hello to everybody. i want to keep my remark short because i made a pretty long speech a couple weeks ago. i'm about to make another one next week and i don't want you guy tired of me. deeplyviously, i'm grateful to be re-elected and i'm humbled by the s
to steve israel who worked tirelessly to bring on 49 new outstanding members of this caucus. [cheers and applause] i am looking forward to spending time with all 49 of you. hopefully we'll see you at the white house and at various events but i know you came here to get something done. i look forward to working with you every single day to do what is right by the people who sent us here. i changed the format here. originally the way this is scheduled, i was going to talk and shake some hands and...